private void initComponents() { entry = new JTextField(); textArea = new JTextArea(); status = new JLabel(); jLabel1 = new JLabel(); setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); setTitle("TextFieldDemo"); textArea.setColumns(20); textArea.setLineWrap(true); textArea.setRows(5); textArea.setWrapStyleWord(true); textArea.setEditable(false); jScrollPane1 = new JScrollPane(textArea); jLabel1.setText("Enter text to search:"); GroupLayout layout = new GroupLayout(getContentPane()); getContentPane().setLayout(layout); ParallelGroup hGroup = layout.createParallelGroup(GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING); SequentialGroup h1 = layout.createSequentialGroup(); ParallelGroup h2 = layout.createParallelGroup(GroupLayout.Alignment.TRAILING); h1.addContainerGap(); h2.addComponent( jScrollPane1, GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING, GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, 450, Short.MAX_VALUE); h2.addComponent( status, GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING, GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, 450, Short.MAX_VALUE); SequentialGroup h3 = layout.createSequentialGroup(); h3.addComponent(jLabel1); h3.addPreferredGap(LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED); h3.addComponent(entry, GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, 321, Short.MAX_VALUE); h2.addGroup(h3); h1.addGroup(h2); h1.addContainerGap(); hGroup.addGroup(GroupLayout.Alignment.TRAILING, h1); layout.setHorizontalGroup(hGroup); ParallelGroup vGroup = layout.createParallelGroup(GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING); SequentialGroup v1 = layout.createSequentialGroup(); v1.addContainerGap(); ParallelGroup v2 = layout.createParallelGroup(GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE); v2.addComponent(jLabel1); v2.addComponent( entry, GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE); v1.addGroup(v2); v1.addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED); v1.addComponent(jScrollPane1, GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, 233, Short.MAX_VALUE); v1.addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED); v1.addComponent(status); v1.addContainerGap(); vGroup.addGroup(v1); layout.setVerticalGroup(vGroup); pack(); }